Feminism in Jane Eyre

Introduction

Jane Eyre escapes from reality in the early part of the novel, but gradually uses reason and femininity to overcome the oppressive religious and societal forces of Victorian England in order to progress the rights of women. I will be covering several points, including: Jane is a moral gothic character, the morality and class wars of the 19th century progressed the rights of women, insensitive portrayals of madness and the metaphor of the mirror. In this essay I argue that Jane Eyre is an icon for mentally ill women, as a moral, gothic and a feminist character of the 19th century (Schacht, 423). The novel Jane Eyre to a moderate extent progresses the rights of women in the 19th century.

Charlotte Bronte Jane has moved from the standard nineteenth-century heroine of a very different figure. Her strong-willed, rebellious, confident, modest, simply, a woman of purpose. By creating a character like Jane, to send a resounding light Tabolangte women from all walks of life. Her message is simple, sometimes overlooked, but always there. I think the message is that women as men have the ability, as well as their hearts and minds and a woman married to a great deal more than just ability.

Discussion and Analysis

Jane Eyre is the most influential feminist novel in the history of women literature. Charlotte Brontë herself created and showed the humanity in the mid- 1800's a woman contradicting all the laws and models of females '(Paulson, 25). Imagine Jane Eyre being real, she would've been a revolutionary woman even if she wasn't in the streets clamming for her rights (Paulson, 17). She would've inspire other women to move along and do not depend on some things that aren't that important. The author did a magnificent job expressing her thoughts with explicit ideas on some characters and others, because Jane represents a strong woman, a total powerful female, but by other hand Miss Ingram can be the Victorian girl, with planned marriage and stuck to the plans of society (Paulson, 20).  Jane Eyre lived a hard life, filled with hatred and anger. However, her ability to overcome all of this shows her strength, a power that women such as Blanche Ingram or the other superficial women would not posses. Her ability to comfort the aunt who had once treated her terribly is more power than some people could ever hope to obtain (Levy, 95). Though the death of her good friend Helen did effect Jane deeply, her maturation throughout the novel gives her the ability to cope with disaster more readily. When she found out that the man she loved was already married, she was able to control herself better than many men would ever be able to. When leaving Rochester the feelings of sadness, betrayal, and remorse were overwhelming and “the floods overflowed [her]“ (Levy, 85). However, she was still able to break free.

 The novel Jane Eyre presents Jane as a moral gothic character. Moral means to live an ethical life and gothic ...